Mari Frank Interviews Lisa Nelson, Assistant Professor University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

Dr. Nelson holds a PhD and J.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and specializes in the field of science, technology, and society. She has recently finished serving as a co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation grant to explore the societal perceptions of biometric technology in collaboration with Bojan Cukic, PhD (WVU); Stephanie Schuckers, PhD (Clarkson); Michael Schuckers, PhD (St. Lawrence University); Anil Jain, PhD (Michigan State); and Larry Hornack, PhD (WVU). This research has be published in America Identified: Biometric Technology and Society (MIT, 2010). She has also written several articles in journals including I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society, Public Administration Review, and the University of Chicago Policy Review. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, a Fellow at the Philosophy of Science Center, and an affiliated faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. website: http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12266